Indian embassy staffer arrested

The Uttar Pradesh Anti-Terrorism Squad (ATS) has arrested an employee of the Indian embassy in Moscow for allegedly spying for Pakistan’s intelligence agency ISI. He was arrested in Meerut.
4 February 2024

41 Rohingyas held after fleeing Malaysian camp

More than 40 exhausted and hungry Rohingya refugees have been recaptured by Malaysian police following a detention centre breakout by 131 migrants from Myanmar, a senior police official said yesterday.
4 February 2024

Sri Lanka says financial crisis 'gradually' easing

Cash-strapped Sri Lanka is "gradually" emerging from its worst economic crisis after the austerity of an IMF bailout, the president said today in a speech to mark independence day
4 February 2024

41 Rohingya refugees arrested after fleeing Malaysian detention centre

More than 40 exhausted and hungry Rohingya refugees have been recaptured by Malaysian police following a detention centre breakout by 131 migrants from Myanmar, a senior police official said Sunday
4 February 2024

India to remove troops from Maldives by May

India will withdraw its troops in the Maldives by May, the Maldivian Foreign Ministry said yesterday, as the two countries seek agreement on a pullout that has strained ties.
3 February 2024

Imran, wife get 7 years for unlawful marriage

Former Pakistan prime minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined yesterday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage broke the law, his party said.
3 February 2024

Imran Khan and wife jailed for 7 years for unlawful marriage

Former Pakistan Prime Minister Imran Khan and his wife Bushra Khan were sentenced to seven years in prison and fined on Saturday by a court that ruled their 2018 marriage broke the law, his party said
3 February 2024

Mamata stages night-long sit-in over dues from Delhi

West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, who began a two-day sit-in demonstration in Kolkata's Maidan area demanding the state's "dues" from the federal government for funding various social welfare schemes, spent the night at the site amid cold and fog
3 February 2024

India releases pigeon wrongfully accused of spying

A pigeon that spent eight months in Indian police custody has been released after it was finally cleared of being a suspected Chinese spy.
2 February 2024

Over 100 Rohingyas flee Malaysian camp after riot

More than 100 Rohingya refugees escaped a detention centre in Malaysia after a riot broke out, with one man killed after being hit by a vehicle on a highway as he fled, police said yesterday.
2 February 2024

1MDB Scandal: Malaysia halves ex-PM Najib’s jail term

Former Malaysian premier Najib Razak, who was convicted of graft over the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, could be released by 2028 after his jail sentence was halved by a pardons board yesterday, prompting an uproar from critics who called on the government to explain its decision.
2 February 2024

N Korea fires more cruise missiles in testing spree

North Korea fired multiple cruise missiles yesterday, Seoul’s military said, continuing a fresh streak of weapons testing as Kim Jong Un’s regime ramps up what it calls “war preparations”.
2 February 2024

Troops in Maldives: India to start withdrawing in March

India will start withdrawing its troops deployed in the Maldives from next month, Male’s foreign ministry said after talks yesterday.
2 February 2024

Malaysia halves jail sentence of ex-PM Najib

Malaysia halved the jail sentence today of former premier Najib Razak, who was convicted of graft and money laundering related to the multibillion-dollar 1MDB scandal, a move expected to raise further questions about Prime Minister Anwar Ibrahim's commitment to fighting graft
2 February 2024

India releases pigeon accused of spying for China

A pigeon that spent eight months in Indian police custody has been released after it was finally cleared of being a suspected Chinese spy
2 February 2024

Over 100 Rohingya refugees flee Malaysian detention centre

An undocumented migrant from Myanmar has died in a road accident while fleeing an immigration detention centre with over a hundred others in Malaysia late Thursday, officials said
2 February 2024

US approves nearly $4b sale of 31 armed drones to India

The US State Department has approved the potential sale of 31 armed MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones, related missiles and equipment to India for nearly $4 billion, the Pentagon said on Thursday, years after the two countries started discussing a deal
1 February 2024

India regrets death of BGB soldier

India’s Border Security Force (BSF) has officially regretted the death of a Border Guard Bangladesh (BGB) soldier and expressed willingness to work together to prevent any such incident in the future, said the foreign ministry.
1 February 2024

Pakistan vows to hold polls despite violence

Pakistan’s general election will go ahead as scheduled next Thursday, caretaker interior minister Gohar Ejaz said, after a meeting summoned by the election commission to discuss increasing pre-poll violence in the west of the country.
1 February 2024

India opposition accuses govt of crackdown

India’s opposition parties yesterday accused the government of targeting their leaders in the build-up to elections after the financial crime agency arrested a state chief minister on corruption charges,
1 February 2024